The Function of Film

Synopsis

A declarative and somewhat facetious circular text weaves through many sampled versions of what film might be, i.e., home movie, Hollywood, training, documentary, newsreel, sports, abstraction, etc.. Shot in b&w and silent, yet two more categories, this film has a purposeful identity unto itself.

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Every time one of us says “now” we all understand it although eventually everybody dates it beginning from a different point or event. This wandering discursive star entrenched in subjectivity has got a retinue of constant-distance satellites surround it - yesterday, tomorrow, next time. We have no need whatsoever to agree on the common date of ‘now’ to fully grasp the drift. This may happen because of our being with